Shade-roller attachment



Oct. 27, 1925. 1,559,530

. E. N. YEHLE v SHADE ROLLER ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 24, 1924 INVENTORJ- zl/l/vessr I I k ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- EUGENE N. Y HLE, or iMAR YVILLE, MISSOURI.

SHADE-ROLLER ATTACHMENT.

Application filed November 24, 1924. Serial No.- 751,808.

I attachment or removal of the shades in'case of repairs or renewals.

Accordingly, I have devised an improved shade attaching device of 'an inexpensive character in which provision is made for this ready and convenient shade attaching and removing function, and which further provides for a more efficient shade securing action by virtue of the particular manner in which I attach the shade to the roller.

With these general objects in view, the invention will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating one form of construction which I have devised for embodying the proposed improvements, after which those features and combinations deemed to be novel will be particularly set forth and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away, showing a shade and roller provided with an attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view, on a slightly larger scale, showing the sleeve member forming a part of the attachment; 7

Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating a portion of the curtain and the device engaging the same for securing it detao'hably to the sleeve member illustrated in Figure 2;

Figures 4 and 5 are end views of the sleeve member and shade-engaging member, respectively, shown in Figures 2 and 3 respectively;

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken on the line VI-VI of Figure 1, but on an enlarged scale; and

Figure 7 is a detail perspective View showing a portion of the shade and its clamping member.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, this illustrates the invention in connection with the usual form of curtain or shade roller 10 to which the shade 11 is usually sepresent case, of detachable 11 androller 10, and for this purpose employ a roller clamping sleeve 12 of adiameter approaching that of the roller 10, to which it is adapted to be firmly clamped, QltllQl by the spring action of the metal alone, the roller by shown the'sleeve 12 I-provide an improved form means of a tack or nail 14, as

is of split form, and one of its longitudinal-edges is provided with an" outturned lip or flange 15, which is designed connection between the shade or it may be additionally secured to in Figures 1 and 6. As illustrated,

v cured by means of tacks or the like. In the Y for detachable engagement with a similar lip'or flange 16 the shade clamping ed portion 18 having an inturned lip 19 designed forclamping engagement with that end of the shade which is to be attached to the roller 10. The member 17 is also bent or curved to an extent sufficient to conform approximately to the curvature of the roller and sleeve 12. 1 7

By means of this construction, it is apparent that the shade 11, when provided with the shade clampingmember 17, may be readily and conveniently removed from the roller by slidingthe lip or flange 16 of the member 17 longitudinally within the flange or lip 15 of the sleeve 12. In this connection, it may also be pointed out that the relative arrangement of the shade clamping member 17 and the lip 15 on the sleeve 12, is such that the folded portion 18 of the member 17 is in position to prevent any casual disengagement of the member 17 from the lip 15 in a transverse direction, since the part 18 of course is adapted, in this position, to act as a stop shoulder limiting any such disengaging tendency. I

In the practice now followed in the manu-- facture and sale of shades and rollers, the merchant is supplied with a stock of the shades and rollers, called stock shades, with the rollers attached, so that a roller is sold with each shade. Thus a roller is discarded each time a new shade is purchased with a roller attached. The purchaser is obliged to take down his shade and have the merchant or shop man make up a new one to correspond, which often involves trimming both the shade and roller to the proper size. In the improved form of construction, one

formed longitudinally: of member 17. :This member 1s also formed with a longitudinal foldshade, and the purchaser also apparent that 7 only required {to )detach,

the lip 01' flange;

shadejust as @easilyand qtlclqly as removing a The :sleeve 1 12 and its ilip or right to nake such chan es or modifications as may iairly tall with n theY-scope of. the r i soxtllat the over the: tack important feature of advantage is the total elimination vof the cost of roller replacement, since the old roller (which Wears indefinitely) is used over, again for the new needs only order a shade of the proper size, and if anyv cutting is necessary of a stock shade, only the clamping strip 17 has to gbe shortened as the shade is trimmed to the proper Width. It is this process of repair. or renewal of the shade is .made extremely simple. and easy-for the .pur-ohaserwho .=is the old shadeby slipping on the clamping memberrlf? iro n the. cold one. 7 flange l5 .-,sin 1ply remains as, a permanent part of the rollers 10. While the ,ta0l .:11 1

20 notrequired, -'t insures against, any slipping 1 of the sleeve upon the =r0l-ler, and {the tack is preferably llocatediadj acent ;tog.th e lip-15 head of the tack cannot possibly this :is caused ito ;bri dge injure the; shade, as

as clearly illustrated in; Figurefi, llheconstruction of the afiange or lip, 15 i and mem- ''ber 17 isinotarequiredtovbe o'fsu chzassizel as .to. produce anybulging appearance inthe shade on the roller; in-ltact, after the shade is rolled u on the roller, itliedifie ene i anpeaatance and roller. isiso slight as to to a casual observer.

and iorareasons a readyu aplamed the shade.

cannot become detached by any accidental 4 disengagement from the roller.

-tion entirely across 15, and :then :a p,ply the new head in. passing over th l p,

between itiantl the ordinary shade be imperceptible Moreover, by: the new 3 attaching deviceytheqshade is heldasote- Another feature of advantage lies in the fact that the device provides an improved and more accurate means of attaching the shade to the roller by a continuous conneci-ts end edge, which insures .an,., e1ta ctv alinenient of the edge the Whole length of the roller.

T-he inyention is not, limited to the exact construction shownand described, as, for

example, the shade ,attaching feature is 1 equally; a

Ppli ableto m ta tubular: ro er in i which and describedwvhatl now regard :ase the pr erre $012 not squs r ctl n to; em odying the invention, I -d\esne;.to -res erve,all

' inoya-bly; fitted to theroller iormed with a wlongitud-inal outwardly projecting portion, and a shade-attaching alieniberproyidwith a amp lement; Jim d tachab e e gage nent avithsaid i longitudinal portion.

A- ;d v s uf attaching-sh d 1902-391 ers, I comprising ar-split sleeve 1 adapted to :be,

yii ltlingly and 1 ,re novably cla nped to: the roller and formed with a, longitud nal outward y, praieet ngi so u i n, 1- and a shade atacl 1g me :re an edwt .a. lan p s ment ltlgtptfitl tor tcletaehab es engagem n thisai lensi ut na po onl 'n W tness hereof hereunto aflix, any signature.

EUGENE. ,YEH E.

(the; lip. could1.be formed ,as a part of the roller itself, instead of a Separate sleeve. Tll1eregfiore, WllllG I haveillustrated 

